Around the World in 80 Books discussion
ATW in 80 Books World Challenge
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Africa
7. South Africa: Cry, the Beloved Country
------------------ Favorite African Folktales
10. Ethiopia: Sweetness in the Belly
---------------- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Mostly set in US)
11. Mozambique: Under the Frangipani
-------------------- A Girl Named Disaster
18. Namibia: Skeleton Coast
--------------East Wind: a True Story
24. Swaziland: Palace of Gold
28. Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast): Queen Pokou
29. Mali: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
33. Malawi: The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison
37. Sudan: The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
49. Guinea-Bissau: Fighting Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea-Bissau
55. Liberia: Beyond The Mango Tree
56. Nigeria: Purple Hibiscus
----Nigeria: Beasts of No Nation
57. Libya: The Shadows of Ghadames
60. Zambia: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
61. Uganda: The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village
64. Rwanda: A Sunday At The Pool In Kigali
67. Kenya: Unbowed
68. Djibouti: The Land Without Shadows
71. Zimbabwe: The Stone Virgins: A Novel
76. Congo (DRC): Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
78. Cameroon: The Usurper: And Other Stories
83. Eritrea: Song of the Nightingale: One Woman's Dramatic Story of Faith and Persecution in Eritrea
84. Botswana: Morality for Beautiful Girls
85. Comoros: Marriage In Domoni: Husbands And Wives In An Indian Ocean Community
88. Egypt: Woman at Point Zero
99. Morocco: Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
111.South Sudan: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
115.Gabon: Tropic Moon
123.Cape Verde: The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo
131.Benin: Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin
139.Somalia: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
140.Senegal: Redemption in Indigo
147.Equatorial Guinea: The Wonga Coup
150.Ghana: Wife of the Gods
153.Sierra Leone: The Heart of the Matter
157.Algeria: The Plague
166.Tunisia: Salammbô
173.Congo (RC): Broken Glass
176.Madagascar: The Madagascar I Love
181.Togo: Letters from Togo
182.Lesotho: Chaka Zulu
183.Guinea: The King of Kahel
184.Seychelles: Grk: Operation Tortoise
185.Central African Republic: African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic
186.Burkina Faso: The Parachute Drop
187.Burundi: Hugging the Chimps: Adventures in Burundi
188.Tanzania: Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
189.Gambia: Tubob: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps
196.Mauritius: The Last Brother
204.Angola: Good Morning Comrades
208.Chad: Nasara
209.Niger: Bridge Over Niger
213.Sao Tome and Principe: Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa
216.Western Sahara: Sahara
218.Mauritania: Travels In Mauritania
228.Canary Islands: More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman
230.Reunion: Traditional Recipes of Reunion Island
Asia
5. Hong Kong: The Piano Teacher
34. Japan: Kitchen
------------ Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption
36. Sri Lanka: Anil's Ghost
43. Tibet: Red Poppies
48. Azerbaijan: Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
51. Indonesia: The Twenty-One Balloons
58. Malaysia: Lord Jim
87. China: The Crazed
95. Chechnya: The Oath
105.Singapore: My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore
108.Bangladesh: A Golden Age
114.Nepal: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
119.Philippines: Fairy Tale Fail
120.Taiwan: Setting Out: The Education of Li-Li
121.Tajikistan: Boat Trip
122.Bhutan: Married to Bhutan
127.India: The White Tiger
133.South Korea: The Calligrapher's Daughter
134.Thailand: Bangkok 8
135.Mongolia: Invisible Cities
137.Burma: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
138.Vietnam: The Novice: A Story of True Love
143.Laos: The Coroner's Lunch
151.Cambodia: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
152.Brunei: The Last Harem
156.North Korea: Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
158.Kazakhstan: Almaty-Transit
159.Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia
178.Maldives: On the Island
180.Armenia: Martyred Armenia
-------------Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope
192.Uzbekistan: The Tale of Hodja Nasreddin: Disturber of the Peace
199.Timor-Leste: Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor
206.Turkmenistan: Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age
207.Georgia: The Knight in the Panther's Skin
225.Kashmir: Chef: A Novel
Caribbean
13. Martinique: Solibo Magnificent: A novel
-------------------Hurricane
20. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas): Timothy of the Cay
26. Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea
30. Saint Lucia: Selected Poems
31. Saint Maarten: Hurricanes, Paradise and Fairy Tales
32. Grenada: Under the Silk Cotton Tree: A Novel
38. Aruba: Aruba Home Cooking
42. Haiti: Island Beneath the Sea
50. Dominican Republic: Before We Were Free
66. Trinidad and Tobago: The Mystic Masseur
79. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines: Memoirs of My Childhood: St. Vincent, West Indies
80. Dominica: Unburnable
97. Saint Kitts and Nevis: The Reef
98. Barbados: The Polished Hoe
102.Bahamas: The Day Is So Long and the Wages So Small: Music on a Summer Island
132.Jamaica: The Long Song
136.Antigua & Barbuda: Lucy
169.Puerto Rico: The Rum Diary
212.Bermuda: The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative
219.Saint BarthÉlemy: St. Barts Breakdown
221.Montserrat: Montserrat On My Mind: Tales Of Montserrat
227.Guadeloupe: Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
229.Cayman Islands: Down the Cayman Wall
232.Turks & Caicos Islands: Food Plane Soup: the Desert Island Letters
233.Curacao: The House of Six Doors
Europe
2. Russia: Crime and Punishment
------------ The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
3. Montenegro: The Land Of The Black Mountain
------------------ The Mountain Wreath
8. France: The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
-------------Les Misérables
-------------The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
-------------Madame Bovary
12. Kosovo: The Day of the Pelican
-------------Elegy for Kosovo: Stories
15. Switzerland: Fragments
------------------- Heidi
16. Svalbard: The Golden Compass
16. England: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
--------------- The Witch of Portobello
--------------- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
19. Ireland: Heart and Soul
-------------- The Picture of Dorian Gray
22. Croatia: Twelfth Night
27. Italy (Sicily) The Leopard
35. Wales: The Owl Service
-------------Fantastic Mr. Fox
-------------Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
41. Netherlands: Girl in Hyacinth Blue
44. Greece: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
--------------The Green Shore
45. Denmark: To Siberia
52. Lithuania: Between Shades of Gray
62. Hungary: The Singing Tree
65. Sweden: Astrid and Veronika
69. Romania: The Passport
74. Luxembourg: The Expats: A Novel
75. Scotland: Death of a Travelling Man
77. Spain: I, Juan de Pareja
90. Serbia: The Tiger's Wife
--------------Pearl Drops / Biserne Suze
92. Poland: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
93. Germany: Crabwalk
96. Norway: Hunger
100.Czech Republic: The Metamorphosis
101.Austria: Rock Crystal
-------------A Death In Vienna
106.Greenland: First Light
116.Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Cellist of Sarajevo
117.Albania: The Successor
124.Estonia: The Compromise
125.Portugal: Alentejo Blue
129.Channel Islands: A Place of Hiding
141.Vatican City: The Vatican's Exorcists: Driving Out the Devil in the 21st Century
142.Ukraine: Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex
144.Northern Ireland: Reading in the Dark
148.Finland: Snow Angels
163.Monaco: Guilty Wives
165.Macedonia: The Bandit Wind: Poems
------------------- Cousins
167.Latvia: The Dogs of Riga
168.Belgium: The Lady and the Unicorn
175.Liechtenstein: H.R.H.
177.Malta: The Sword And The Scimitar
179.Iceland: Independent People
181.Bulgaria: Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria
193.Belarus: Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
197.Andorra: The Road to Andorra
201.Slovakia: Year of the Frog
202.Moldova: Lost Province
205.San Marino: A Freak Of Freedom; Or, The Republic Of San Marino
210.Slovenia: Ljubljana Witch
215.Azores: The Islands of Magic: Legend, Folk, and Fairy Tales from the Azores
222.Gibraltar: Luna Benamor
Latin America
6. Chile: My Invented Country
-----------The Yellow Heart
40. Peru: The Cubs and Other Stories
53. El Salvador: In Search of Bernabe
54. Guyana: Shape Shifter
63. Brazil: State of Wonder
73. Uruguay: The Invisible Mountain
91. Nicaragua: Tooth Man
104.Costa Rica: At the Bottom: A Woman's Life in Central America
110.Honduras: Madame Ambassador: The Shoemaker's Daughter
113.Ecuador: The Indigo Notebook
126.French Guiana: The Governor's Daughter
146.Panama: The Path Between the Seas
149.Argentina: The Secret in Their Eyes
155.Colombia: Of Love and Other Demons
160.Belize: The Possibility of Everything
170.Venezuela: Blue Gold
171.Guatemala: Grave Secrets
195.Paraguay: Saved by a Poem
200.Suriname: The Shadow Behind My Rainbows
220.Easter Island: Mysteries of Easter Island
223.Bolivia: Biting Silence
231.Galápagos: Galápagos
234.Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Exocet
Middle East
4. Afghanistan: The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir
-------------------The Patience Stone
17. Turkey: Pandora
--------------The Bastard of Istanbul
23. Oman: Al-Azaf: The Omani Cookbook
--------------Sandstorm
39. Saudi Arabia: Girls of Riyadh
46. Iraq: A Hundred And One Days
47. Pakistan: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
70. Yemen: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
72. Palestine: Unveiled
81. Iran: The Septembers of Shiraz
---------- The Love Poems of Rumi
82. Jordan: Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
89. Syria: Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
107.Israel: Ben-Hur
128.Cyprus: Small Wars
130.United Arab Emirates: Layover in Dubai
164.Lebanon: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
174.Bahrain: Bras, Boys, and Blunders: Juliet & Romeo in Bahrain
190.Kuwait: Suitcase Filled with Nails
211.Qatar: My Life in Doha: Between Dream and Reality
North America
1. USA: Good Grief
21. Canada: On Whale Island: Notes from a Place I Never Meant to Leave
----Canada: Everything on a Waffle
----Canada: Anne of Green Gables
94. Mexico: Swift as Desire
Antarctica, etc.
112.Antarctica: The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
117.Saint Helena: Napoleon Bonaparte - Englands Prisoner
224.Tristan da Cunha: Three Years in Tristan Da Cunha
Oceania
9. French Polynesia: Trustee from the Toolroom (Tahiti)
-------------------------Call It Courage
14. Nauru: Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature
25. Marshall Islands: Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock
59. Australia: I am the Messenger
86. New Zealand: The Garden Party and Other Stories
103.Papua New Guinea: The White Mary: A Novel
109.Kiribati: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
118.Samoa: Pouliuli
144.Vanuatu: Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
154.Solomon Islands: South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to the Vella Gulf
161.Micronesia: Island of the Sequined Love Nun
162.Fiji: Fiji: A Novel
172.Tonga: The Friendly Islanders
194.Guam: Keeper of the Night
198.Palau: Left for Dead
203.Tuvalu: Logs In The Current Of The Sea: Neli Lifuka's Story Of Kioa And The Vaitupu Colonists
214.Cook Islands: History and Traditions of Rarotonga
226.Pitcairn Island: The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island
A to Z Country ChallengeA = Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Albania, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Azores
B = Brazil, Botswana, Barbados, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bhutan, Benin, Burma, Brunei, Belgium, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bermuda, Bolivia
C = Chile, Canada, Croatia, Cuba. Cote d'Ivoire, Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Comoros, China, Chechnya, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Channel Islands, Cambodia, Colombia, Congo (RC), Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Canary Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao
D = Denmark, Dominican Republic, Djibouti, Dominica
E = Ethiopia, England, El Salvador, Eritrea, Egypt, Estonia, Equatorial Guinea, East Timor, Easter Island
F = France, French Guiana, Finland, Fiji, Falkland Islands
G = Grenada, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Germany, Greenland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gambia, Guam, Georgia, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe
H = Hong Kong, Haiti, Hungary, Honduras
I = Ireland, Italy, Iraq, Indonesia,Iran, Israel, India, Iceland
J = Japan, Jordan, Jamaica
K = Kosovo, Kenya, Kiribati, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kashmir
L = Lithuania, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Laos, Lebanon, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lesotho
M = Montenegro, Martinique, Mozambique, Marshall Islands, Mali, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mongolia, Micronesia, Monaco, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Maldives, Mauritius, Moldova, Mauritania, Montserrat
N = Nauru, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Northern Ireland, North Korea, Niger
O = Oman
P = Peru, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Panama, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Palau, Pitcairn Island
Q = Qatar
R = Russia, Rwanda, Romania, Reunion Island
S = South Africa, Switzerland, Swaziland, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Scotland, Spain, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Syria, Serbia, St. Kitts & Nevis, Singapore, South Sudan, Samoa, South Korea, Somalia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Suriname, Slovakia, San Marino, Slovenia, Sao Tome & Principe, Saint Helena, Saint Barthelemy
T = Tahiti, Turkey. Tibet, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Tonga, Togo, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Turkmenistan, Tristan da Cunha
U = USA, Uganda, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
V = Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Vatican City, Vanuatu, Venezuela
W = Wales, Western Sahara
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Y = Yemen
Z = Zambia, Zimbabwe
A to Z Author Challenge
A = Aravind Adiga
B = Binjamin Wilkomirski
C = Patrick Chamoiseau
D = Fyodor Dostoyevsky
E = Carolly Erickson
F = Farah Ahmedi
G = Gunther Grass
H = Ernest Hemingway
I = Isabel Allende
J = Jean Buffong
K = Knut Hamsun
L = Janice Y.K. Lee
M = Mia Couto
N = Nevil Shute
O = Michael Ondaatje
P = Per Petterson
Q = Kwei Quartey
R = Anne Rice
S = William Shakespeare
T = Theodore Taylor
U = Stephanie Urdang
V = Veronique Tadjo
W = Lolly Winston
X
Y = Banana Yoshimoto
Z = Markus Zusak
Yay! I'm finally on the board!Launching from the United States I read:
1.
Good Grief by Lolly Winstonthen, off to Russia with:
2.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoyevskyRegions: 2
Countries: 2
Books Read: 2
3. Europe: Montenegro -
The Land Of The Black Mountain by Gerald PranceRegions: 2
Countries: 3
Books Read: 3
4. Middle East: Afghanistan -
The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir by Farah AhmediRegions: 3
Countries: 4
Books Read: 4
6. Latin America: Chile -
My Invented Country by Isabel Allende AND
The Yellow Heart by Pablo NerudaRegions: 5
Countries: 6
8. Europe: France -
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly EricksonAnd
Les Misérables by Victor HugoRegions: 6
Countries: 8
Books Read: 8
10. Africa: Ethiopia -
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb11. Africa: Mozambique -
Under the Frangipani by Mia Couto12. Europe: Kosovo -
The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson13. Caribbean: Martinique -
Solibo Magnificent by Patrick ChamoiseauTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 13
Books Read: 13
14. Oceania: Nauru -
Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature15. Europe: Switzerland -
Fragments (I actually got this book for my Latvia entry, but only the very beginning took place in Latvia. The bulk of the book bounced back and forth between Switzerland and Poland).AND
Heidi by Johanna Spyri16. Europe: Svalbard -
The Golden CompassTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 16
Books Read: 16
17. Middle East: Turkey: Pandora
AND
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 17
Books Read: 17
20. Caribbean: Virgin Islands (St. Thomas): Timothy of the Cay
by Theodore Taylor.This book went back and forth from Curacao to St. Thomas.
Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 20
Books Read: 20
21. North America: Canada:
On Whale Island: Notes from a Place I Never Meant to Leave.Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 21
Books Read: 21
22. Europe: Croatia:
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.The book is set in coastal Illyria, which is present-day Croatia.
Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 22
Books Read: 22
23. Middle East: Oman:
Al-Azaf: The Omani Cookbook by Lamees Abdullah Al TaieTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 23
Books Read: 24
24. Africa: Swaziland:
Palace of Gold by Hilary WildeTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 24
Books Read: 25
25. Oceania: Marshall Islands:
Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock by Thomas Farel Heffernan26. Europe: England:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas HardyTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 26
Books Read: 27
27. Caribbean: Cuba:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 27
Books Read: 29
28. Europe: Italy (Sicily):
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 28
Books Read: 30
28. Africa: Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast):
Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo.Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 29
Books Read: 31
29. Africa: Mali:
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (Longman African Writers Series) by D.T. NianeTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 29
Books Read: 32
30. Caribbean: Saint Lucia:
Selected Poems by Derek WalcottTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 30
Books Read: 33
31. Caribbean: Saint Maarten:
Hurricanes, Paradise and Fairy Tales. Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 31
Books Read: 34
32. Caribbean: Grenada:
Under the Silk Cotton Tree: A Novel by Jean Buffong.Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 32
Books Read: 35
33. Africa: Malawi:
The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison by Jack Mapanje. Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 33
Books Read: 36
35. Europe: Wales:
The Owl Service by Alan Garner AND
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl AND
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 35
Books Read: 38
36. Asia: Sri Lanka:
Anil's Ghost by Michael OndaatjeTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 36
Books Read: 39
37. Africa: Sudan:
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari.Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 37
Books Read: 40
38. Caribbean: Aruba:
Aruba Home Cooking by The Womens' Guild of Lago Community Church39. Middle East: Saudi Arabia:
Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea Total Regions: 8
Total Countries: 39
Books Read: 42
40. Latin America: Peru:
The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas LlosaTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 40
Books Read: 43
41. Europe: Netherlands:
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 41
Books Read: 44
42. Caribbean: Haiti:
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel AllendeTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 42
Books Read: 46
44. Europe: Asia:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières AND
The Green Shore by Natalie BakopoulosTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 44
Books Read: 49
46. Middle East: Iraq:
A Hundred And One Days by Åsne Seierstad47. Middle East: Pakistan:
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 47
Books Read: 52
48. Asia: Kazakhstan:
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon49. Africa: Guinea-Bissau:
Fighting Two Colonialisms: Women in Guinea-Bissau by Stephanie UrdangTotal Regions: 8
Total Countries: 49
Books Read: 54
Around the World in 80 Books
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Total Countries: 234
Books Read: 265
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